AT40: Olivia Rodrigo (2) Week Of September 23, 2023

As far as the countdown goes, I thought that it looks super amazing. We did get rid of another piece of trash and now we are back to having no bad songs on there, which was super amazing. And we also have some more new amazing debuts this week, which I'll get to later like always. But other than that, I don't have anything else to say here, so let's get to it! Before we get to this week's Fresh 40, here are the songs dropping out of the countdown this week.

Pitbull/Lil Jon - Jumpin

Post Malone - Chemical

Last Week's #1 Song: Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

The Countdown:

#40. Taylor Swift - Lavender Haze (#40)

#39. Jain - Makeba (#31)

#38. David Guetta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray - Baby Don't Hurt Me (#24)

#37. The Weeknd - Die For You (#35)

#36. Kaliii - Area Codes (#36)

#35. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam (#39)

#34. Ed Sheeran - Eyes Closed (#30)

#33. Charli XCX - Speed Drive (DEBUT)

#32. Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up (DEBUT)

#31. SZA - Kill Bill (#28)

#30. Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start The Fire (#32)

#29. Metro Boomin/The Weeknd/21 Savage - Creepin' (#26)

#28. Jelly Roll - Need A Favor (#34)

#27. Miley Cyrus - Jaded (#17)

#26. Travis Scott/Bad Bunny/The Weeknd - K-Pop (#29)

#25. Morgan Wallen - Last Night (#21)

#24. Noah Kahan/Post Malone - Dial Drunk (#24)

#23. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti/Madonna - Popular (#20)

#22. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For (#23)

#21. Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right? (#22)

#20. Bakar - Hell N Back (#18)

#19. David Kushner - Daylight (#19)

#18. Fifty Fifty - Cupid (#9)

#17. Selena Gomez - Single Soon (#27)

#16. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven (#16)

#15. Miley Cyrus - Flowers (#12)

#14. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (#25)

#13. Taylor Swift - Karma (#10)

#12. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (#15)

#11. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa (#13)

#10. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy) (#14)

#9. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life (#11)

#8. Miguel - Sure Thing (#6)

#7. Luke Combs - Fast Car (#7)

#6. Rema/Selena Gomez - Calm Down (#4)

#5. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World (#8)

#4. SZA - Snooze (#5)

#3. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (#1)

#2. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night (#3)

#1. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire (#2) [2nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:

Harry Styles - Late Night Talking (3rd and final week at #1)

This Week's Mover and Shaker:

Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (+11) sure has been gaining lots and lots of airplay recently. What an amazing week for her! Now, let's see if this song should be in the Top 10 soon.

David Guetta/Anne-Marie/Coi Leray - Baby Don't Hurt Me (-14) took the biggest drop for the second week in a row. It sure has been losing lots of airplay recently. And I'm sure it's definitely the end of it.

New Song/s on the AT40 this week are:

Charli XCX - Speed Drive: This was actually another song that was taken from the soundtrack of the new Barbie movie. Gosh, they sure have been picking up a lot of songs from that soundtrack lately. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song. But definitely not as good as Beg For You, but it's still phenomenal. With my opinion on this song, the production was so phenomenal, Charli's vocals were super phenomenal, I'm definitely a huge fan of those lyrics, and the chorus was so heavenly. Hopefully this should do well on there.

Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up: The best debut this week. And this was actually the second time those three collaborated because the last time they collaborated was Give It To Me back in 2007, which I enjoyed. Now, last week we had Kylie Minogue making her big return on there, and now we have those three collaborating again for the second time? Gosh, this year definitely feels like 2007 all over again. But anyway. As far as the song goes, it's definitely a phenomenal song and it's actually a step up from Give It To Me. With my opinion, Timbaland's production was so phenomenal, both Nelly and Justin sound super phenomenal, the lyrics were definitely what I'm a huge fan of, and the chorus was so heavenly. Let's see if this should do well on there.

My Opinions/My Thoughts On The Top 5:

5. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World: I'm so pleased to see this song in the Top 5. This really deserves it! Though I don't think this is going to be in the Top 3, but hopefully it does soon.

4. SZA - Snooze: I'm pleased to see this song move up. And I'm sure hoping that it should be in the Top 3 within the next week or so.

3. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer: It dropped out of the top spot once again. But it still had an amazing time in there for a couple more weeks. Though I'm sure this is going to stay in the Top 3 for a few more weeks longer and not come back to the top spot. Let's see how long it'll remain in there.

2. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night: It's almost at the top spot! I'm pleased to see this song at this spot and I really hope this song should be at the top spot within the next week or so.

1. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire: I'm pleased to see this song come back to the top spot. I actually didn't expect this song to come back in there, but it just had to do it. It's always good to switch things up. But I'm sure another song might take over the top spot within the next week or so, but let's see how long it'll remain at this spot.

My Top 20 Review:

0 - Crap:

None

1 - Bad:

None

2 - Mediocre:

None

3 - Decent:

20. Lil Durk/J. Cole - All My Life

4 - Good:

None

5 - Great:

19. Bakar - Hell N Back

18. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa

17. Jung Kook/Latto - Seven

16. Miguel - Sure Thing

15. Doechii - What It Is (Block Boy)

14. Rema/Selena Gomez - Calm Down

13. Selena Gomez - Single Soon

12. Fifty Fifty - Cupid

11. Luke Combs - Fast Car

10. Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice/Aqua - Barbie World

9. SZA - Snooze

8. Taylor Swift - Karma

7. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young

6. Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire

5. Miley Cyrus - Flowers

4. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

3. David Kushner - Daylight

2. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

6 - Best Song On The Countdown:

TIE: 1. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

Total Score: 99/100 = 99% (A) [Great]

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